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Poetry 
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Lucy Barge is 17 years old, already a published and prize-winning poet, a musician, and with a flair for design. Her poetry surprises; it is sophisticated, even precocious.
 
This is Lucy’s first collection of poetry, designed with an eye for the word upon the page to an extent rare in a young woman of her age.

Lucy Barge uses language not only to ease the rub of her interior self against the external world, but also so others may find solace and support navigating the challenges and anxieties of their teenage years. She has stepped into the river and come out the other side. 

This debut collection is honest, fresh, shocking and gives up sharp bright poems that reward reading again and again. Five of these poems have won or been placed in competitions.


AWAY WITH US was launched in Timaru on 5 November 2022 by Owen Marshall.



Poet Gail Ingram has said: ‘Lucy’s poetry is written with the technical assurance of someone twice her age. Bullies are ‘lice’ in one poem; in another the narrator is ‘raw as a sliced onion’. Everyday objects – teacups, sanitizer, clocks and swings – are examined with the intensity of words cut back to their barest and charged with anxiety. Words are broken into sound – ‘thru umm ing’ and ‘cry ing’, adding intensity and depth. Lucy manages line-breaks like a pro.’                                                           – Gail Ingram
 
‘Lucy Barge writes with striking and aching honesty, tenderness and defiance. She gathers all the learnings from her own coming of age to deliver a confident and generous debut collection.                                                                          – Emma Shi
 
ISBN: 978-0-473-58894-6 (Softcover)
Poetry   Mental health   Adolescence   Bullying
Pages: 97, b & w
Cover design: Lucy Barge
Size: 14.5 x 21 cms
RRP: $25.00               Wholesale: $15.00
 

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Double Book Launch and Readings
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​Many thanks to all who made the double launch of
                     Legacy by Robynanne Milford 
and
                     Resolutions by Karen Zelas 
such an enjoyable evening. A capacity crowd, Otago wines, Delicious food from The Catering Belle.
Thanks to Tūranga for their support in allowing us to use their wonderful Spark Place meeting facility.

Two such radically different books added interest and texture to the evening. Legacy presenting poetry and artworks, and Resolutions being a literary crime story set in New Zealand. Both Robynanne and Karen read from their new books.

Thanks to Sally Blundell (Journalist, writer and this year's Reviewer of the Year at the Voyager Media Awards) who launched  Resolutions with insightful comments, and Grant Banbury (Artist and Art Consultant) who launched and provided a context for Legacy. 

Thanks to Janet Wainscott and John Yarrall, and also to those who helped helped with setting up and clearing away, serving drinks and generally making things run smoothly.